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Category: Family

Do we believe in the common good?

The debate over children wearing masks in schools continues to fester here and across the country. There are citizens protesting governors who are mandating masks to help ensure in-class learning continues and there are governors threatening to penalize schools districts that choose to require them. Frankly, some of the antics are disturbing, especially with vaccination rates lagging and COVID-19 cases surging once again. Silas House, a writer based in Kentucky, wrote a poignant essay for The Atlantic about the issue, observing that some Americans – a minority, thankfully, despite their noise – think only of themselves and no longer believe…

A special Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a special occasion. We celebrate the women who brought us into this world, the wives who gave us children and daughters who gave us grandchildren. It carries a little more meaning this year, because my mom spent 11 days in the hospital between April 25 and May 7 battling a serious illness. There were times when we wondered if we had celebrated the last Mother’s Day with her – the reason why there have been no new posts to this site until now. It’s during times like these that your mind races, flooded with memories, while simultaneously…